Friday, September 30, 2016

Exploring October Surprise possibilities that could factor into the US election.

I suspect Aleppo will stay as it is, for now.Yesterday we talkedTurkey Coup, Part Two? That's One October Surprise Option!A coup, if successful, could be spun into a win for democracy, freedom and the American way.. Mosul would be a feather in Obama's war making cap and a boost for Hillary.

“The term “October surprise” refers to a political event that has a last-minute effect on November elections and that is what some are calling the Mosul operation”

To my way of thinking Mosul doesn’t qualify as an October Surprise, in the sense of coming out of the blue.Taken by surprise. Shocking. Startling. Etc.,However, since the masses are oblivious to the fact that NATO and assorted sundry militias have been continuously attacking Mosul, advancing towards the city centre for months now it's entirely possible the eradicating of ISIS from Mosul, Iraq may come as an October surprise to many.

Mosul’s taking would be a boost to Hillary...A few of the latest tidbits regarding Mosul, Iraq:

The Pentagon is to send as many as 600 more troops to Iraq as Iraqi security forces (ISF), Kurdish Peshmerga, and US personnel continue to shape an operation to re-take Mosul from Islamic State fighters that captured the city in 2014, defence officials confirmed on 28 September.

The total authorised US military personnel for Iraq is now around 5,250 troops, but hundreds more are understood to be operating there on a 'rotational' basis through temporary duty assignments. The number has been steadily increasing since US forces returned to Iraq in August 2014.

"We are concerned at the possible humanitarian ramifications of the fight. And that is why we are working with our Iraqi counterparts and trying to pre-position as much humanitarian aid as possible," Dujarric stated.

This prepositioning of aid isn't going all that well, as you will read.

Preparations to assist potentially hundreds of thousands of displaced
Iraqis are hampered by a lack of funds. While the operation is expected
to cost $196 million, Geddo says the UNHCR has received only $63
million, or 33 percent of what it needs.

In plain talk the UN's humanitarian assistance is not in place and it will not be in place.
We're talking mass displacement of nearly 1 million people.- If the UN can accomodate 150,000 or so it will be a miracle. But don't worry the media will be preparing all sorts of feel good spin for the true believers everywhere.

“If fighting starts in Mosul, hundreds of thousands could flee the city as they did in 2014. Refugee agencies estimate 700,000 could be heading towards neighboring Erbil and Duhok in the autonomous region of Kurdistan.

The UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR) is working with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to prepare, but they have raised less than 40% of what is needed to prepare the necessary infrastructure for refugee camps; reportedly, authorities were seeking €253 million. That means there will not be enough tents in place”

Given low oil prices, the KRG is stretched financially. Nonetheless,
there is apparently political will to welcome hundreds of thousands of
refugees from Mosul, many of whom will be Kurdish.

We've talked weaponized refugees previously here

There will also be security considerations. Amidst the hundreds of
thousands of refugees, KRG authorities fear there may be ISIL members.
That means refugees cannot be channeled directly into cities before they
are screened and checked for weapons.

And then there is Mosul Dam?

The Americans said flat out stated it was not a matter of if it would collapse, it was only a matter of when it would collapse.The words of US Officials! Could the Mosul Dam be hit, accidentally on purpose, to clear Mosul without all the fuss and muss of dropping bombs etc.? Maybe just some of the fuss and muss. It's possible.

Mosul Dam collapsing would make a real nice October Surprise... An act of God. Not!
People displaced, not because of American war making, no, just a random circumstance. That the US warned and warned and warned about.... all for naught.Obama and Hillary can go and hand out food and feign concern..

I’ve written on a number of occasions about the possibility that a weaponized Mosul Dam collapse could be employed against the populace- I'm using the word weaponized, in this manner: convert/employ to use as a weapon rather then as ordinarily used. A collapsing dam certainly be considered a weapon of massive destruction!

Young Syrian Kurds launched a new initiative on April 1 to give voice to
the Kurdish youth who demand a unified Kurdish position amongst
political movements in Syria. Those in charge of the initiative said,
“This initiative is not a movement, a political party, or a new
organization. And it will not become one. The only mission is to
coordinate and organize activities within the initiative’s framework.”

Gee, I wonder where the funding is coming from for this initiative to unify the kurds

Organizers of the youth initiative are demanding that all Syrian Kurdish
parties end their political differences and reach a single political
stance.

Tens of thousands of Kurdish-unity-in-Syria aspirants joined the social media pages in less than a week.

Aldar Khalil, who is a member of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a US
and Turkey designated terrorist organization, and a member of the
Democratic Society Movement (TEV-DEV), which is the PYD dominated
political entity running Kurdish areas in Syria, also voiced his support
for the movement.

Yup, one ring to rule them all... PKK under the thumb of NATO/Israel. Now that's what I call freedom!

The ruling Democratic Union Party (PYD)
continues its campaign against its Kurdish political rivals in the
Syrian Kurdistan (Rojava), and in the latest attempt, the party closed
three offices of the Syrian Kurdish National Council (ENKS) consisting
of a number of Kurdish political parties in Rojava.

Bahjat Bashiri, a leading figure from
ENKS confirmed to BasNews on Saturday that PYD security forces known as
'Asayish of Rojava' closed three offices of the council in Til Temir
town in south west of Hasaka province of Rojava, stating that PYD's
campaign against ENKS' members is continuing.

"We have informed the US and the
anti-Islamic State global coalition about PYD's campaign of closing the
offices belonging to rival Kurdish parties in the region," said the
official.

According to sources from Rojava, PYD
has launched a new campaign to detain members from other parties for
having different political views, and has so far arrested dozens of
political figures and activists.

Earlier this month, a number of Kurdish
activists and relatives of the prisoners went on a hunger strike for a
week to compel PYD to release the detainees.

And finally!

Claims of the Kurdish militias being all "Syrian Kurds". They aren't! I've had this type of information here previously, but, here's yet another inconvenient truth nugget. Understanding these facts may be difficult for the disinfo cons &trolls that flit from site to site spreading disinfo- But, my readers can handle the truth!!

Thousands of volunteers from many nations - among them, Americans and
Europeans - have been supplementing Kurdish forces over the past two
years. Kurds train them, provide weapons and house and feed these
volunteers. Several of them, including an American from Maryland, have
died in battle.

The Iranian Kurds are choosing to volunteer.

Ethnic Kurds make up nearly nine percent of Iran’s population of 80
million people. They are largely Sunni Muslims and have long desired
more autonomy from Tehran's firm grip.

As I've mentioned the Kurds of Iran have been armed and trained by the US and have begun destabilizing Iran as a proxy force- More inconvenient truths for you all..

Syria to join Kurdish forces there.

“I went to Iraq with the help of Kurdish forces who control the
region,” said Rafaat, who says his Kurdish unit has several Iranian
volunteers. “I stayed there for five months before moving to Syria.”

Kurdish commanders reached by VOA in Syria declined to comment on the
volunteers, saying the subject was a sensitive one. Sources close to
the YPG confirmed that Iranian Kurdish fighters have been fighting with
the Syrian Kurdish group since 2014, and are actively recruited.

An Iranian Kurdish rebel group has reportedly received military
training from U.S. and European advisers as part of the international
program backing Iraqi Kurds against IS, the group's commander told The
Associated Press (AP) recently.
The United States has backed Syrian and Iraqi Kurdish forces against
IS fighters since 2014. In addition to air support, the Obama
administration has also provided training to local Kurdish groups.

"They helped and trained us within the framework of the fight against
(IS)," said Hussein Yazdanpana, a commander with the Iranian Kurdistan
Freedom Party (PAK), who was quoted by AP.

"Within the framework of the fight against IS" That's a big obfuscation! It's the big lie, actually!

“The involvement of the Iranian Kurds in the fight against IS in Iraq
and Syria will definitely add to the complexity of their current
multifaceted situation in Iran,” said Mort Anvari, a military consultant
at the U.S. defense department.

Thursday, September 29, 2016

Could this claim be true? Well, it can't be discounted that's for sure!Additionally it reads as very plausible- Making it worth consideration.Consider the news from yesterday that Putin is visiting Istanbul in October..

Rescue brought news to my attention about a ‘bloody October’ for the Turks

You should look into this entire "bloody october" scenario that the US apparently has planned for Turkey.

Henri Barkey, one of the coup plotters, has talked about it.

It involves ISIS attacking Turkey dressed up as the PKK. Many Turks on twitter are very worried about it.

Took it upon myself to do some searching..

Wouldn’t know where to begin to find this on twitter, being a non savvy twitter user.
If anyone point me in the right direction...... I’ll take the assistance!
Did manage to find this article, which seems to generally fit the bloody October scenario Rescue mentioned.

A second coup attempt in Turkey is going to happen very soon and it will be bloodier than the previous one, a retired military officer said on Saturday.

Speaking to Yeni Safak daily, retired Col. Hasan Atilla Ugur said a second attempt is going to be staged very soon.

“Be prepared against the second attempt. And it's going to happen very soon. This is very certain information,” the veteran said.

On July 15, Turkey foiled a deadly coup attempt organized by the Gülenist Terror Group (FETÖ) that left 241 people dead about 2,200 others injured.

The attempt was the deadliest in the history of the Republic of Turkish. The U.S., CIA and FBI were accused of being behind the coup that aimed to topple the democratically elected government and to kill President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The U.S. has been hosting FETÖ leader Fethullah Gülen, the mastermind of the coup attempt, and is still providing all support despite Turkey's legal demand for his extradition and detention.

Col. Ugur warned that the second attempt could be more dangerous than the previous one. “We are all in a euphoria of victory. But I am warning Turkey.”The threat is not over

“No one should think 'Ok, it's over. Turkey is on track now. The U.S. cannot do anything. FETÖ cannot attack anymore, the PKK cannot do anything more, we have broken the back of these organizations.'”
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), recognized as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the EU and U.S., has been conducting an armed conflict in southeast Turkey for more than three decades, killing around 40,000 people.

Despite being listed as a terror group, the EU and U.S. continue to support PKK terrorists, providing them with arms and money, allowing terror sympathizers to organize propaganda rallies in the West.

The retired army officer said that there was a preparation for the new coup attempt.

UK working in southeast Turkey for 2.5 months

He stated that the United Kingdom has been working on a huge uprising in southeastern Turkish provinces.

“As I was informed, the Britons have been meeting with all tribes in the southeast, especially Hakkari, Van, Çatak, Slopi and Mardin areas, for last two-and-a-half months.”

He said that the U.K. has paid all bank debts of these tribes that can be summed up as billions of Turkish lira.

“Negotiations are ongoing,”he said, adding that the U.K.'s consulate general is dealing the talks.

“What is the [U.K.] consulate doing with the tribes? The PKK terrorists allow their vehicles to pass the road into the southeast while they don't allow the other vehicles. Why?”he asked.

UK media preparing the ground

He cited a recent news published in several mainstream U.K. newspapers, including Daily Express and Daily Star, claiming that 10,000 British Naval infantry forces are on standby in Cyprus to enter Turkey in case of another military coup, under the pretext of evacuating British holidaymakers from Turkey.

Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Greek: Ακρωτήρι και Δεκέλεια, Akrotiri kai Dekeleia, Turkish: Ağrotur ve Dikelya), officially the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia[1] (SBA; Greek: Περιοχές Κυρίαρχων Βάσεων Ακρωτηρίου και Δεκέλιας; Turkish: Egemen Üs Bölgeleri Ağrotur ve Dikelya), is a British Overseas Territory on the island of Cyprus.
The areas, which include British military bases and installations, as
well as other land, were retained by the British under the 1960 treaty
of independence, signed by the United Kingdom, Greece, Turkey and representatives from the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities, which granted independence to the Crown colony of Cyprus. The territory serves an important role as a station for signals intelligence
and provides a vital strategic part of the United Kingdom
communications gathering and monitoring network in the Mediterranean and
the Middle East.

Back to the Coup Two Warning

The Daily Express reported that the missions would focus on areas popular with tourists and that troops would be cleared to use lethal force if the rescue operations were interfered. While Daily Star said, “If there is another coup attempt then civil war will follow. If that happens there will be a major international crisis.”

The veteran military officer drew attention to the reports saying that the U.K. is working on a chaos plan in Turkey. “And the main aim of the plan is the invasion of Turkey,” he added.

The big chaos plan

Col. Ugur also shared the plan he received from reliable sources.

“There will be demonstrations in the southeast lead by the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), as they usually do. Undetected pro-FETÖ police and military officers will directly open fire at demonstrators. The incidents will kill between 15 to 20 people. This is certain information. The incidents will take place in Semdinli, Yüksekova and Kiziltepe.”

“If the tribes in southeastern provinces and districts, visited by the U.K. consulate office, rise the bait they would lead the people to the street,” he added.

“An in the western part of the country, some prominent public figures will be assassinated simultaneously either by the PKK or Daesh,” he said.

If they succeed to do this Turkey would find itself in a massive chaotic environment, he noted.

The UK is playing behind the door, not the US

“Everyone will revolt and the civil war, as they [the UK newspapers] described, will be launched.”

He warned that the main attack would be come from the U.K. while everybody is blaming the U.S.

“They bred FETÖ and the PKK for this attack.”

He said that unidentified FETÖ members in Turkey's security forces and intelligence agencies would be mobilized for the attempt.

The second attempt is coming before November

October Surprise Option?

He warned that if no action is taken, the second coup could happen before November this year: “Non-national elements, the PKK, FETÖ, will all work together for the second attempt. All organizations that have been working under U.S. orders in the region, including even the Turkish military, police and bureaucrats, will attack simultaneously. The structure of the attack will not be same as the July 15 coup ... If we don't end this game, the second attempt will come before November.”

The US talk has been over the top the last couple of day. Shrill would be the word "being sharply insistent on being heard"From all I read, nothing new- Just more of the same. Including yet another threat aimed at Russia!

WASHINGTON—Secretary of State John Kerry told his Russian counterpart Wednesday that the U.S. was preparing to suspend its engagement with Moscow on Syria if Russia doesn’t take “immediate steps” to halt an offensive on Aleppo and restore a cease-fire.

Mr. Kerry spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov via phone on Wednesday, their first conversation since a brief meeting last Friday in New York.
Related

“The secretary stressed that the burden remains on Russia to stop this assault and allow humanitarian access to Aleppo and other areas in need,” said State Department spokesman John Kirby, describing the phone call between the two diplomats.

Mr. Kerry told Mr. Lavrov Wednesday that the U.S. was preparing to suspend preparations for the next phase of the agreement—establishment of a “Joint Implementation Center,” which would allow the former Cold War rivals to share targeting information on Islamist militant targets.

Russian officials didn’t immediately comment on the conversation between Mssrs. Kerry and Lavrov.

MOSCOW - A top Russian diplomat says a United States' threat to halt
co-operation with Russia in the Syria conflict constitutes an "emotional
breakdown" and says Russia is willing to support a 48-hour cease-fire
around Aleppo.

Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Thursday rejected
Washington's calls for a seven-day pause in hostilities, but said Russia
is willing to support a 48-hour truce for humanitarian purposes

Ryabkov was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying of the U.S. that "a certain emotional breakdown occurred."

What was the "emotional breakdown" comment a reference to?Clearly it was a threat made by the US to employ terrorists against Russia Sputnik

US comments on a possible Daesh terrorist group
threat facing Russia reflect a state of "emotional breakdown" that
practically spurs the banned terrorist organization into action,Russian
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Thursday.

"Once again there was a certain emotional
breakdown yesterday against the backdrop of the Obama administration's
unwillingness to fulfill its part of the agreements that required great
inter-agency efforts, primarily from our Ministry of Defense colleagues
and of course the considerable efforts of [Foreign Minister Sergey]
Lavrov. These poorly concealed invitations to 'apply' the terrorist
weapon against Russia is a measure of the political baseness that
current US administration has reached in its approach to affairs in the
Middle East, and specifically to the situation in Syria," Ryabkov said.

Rybakov is stating that once again the US is threatening to apply the terrorist weapon against Russia Go back to two 2014 post:

YEREVAN,
SEPTEMBER 28, ARMENPRESS.Russian President Vladimir Putin may visit
Turkey in October, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, reports TASS.
"We do not rule out such possibility," he said. "When all the
preparations are completed, we will make a relevant announcement,"
Peskov added.

Earlier on Wednesday, the President of the Union of Chambers and
Commodity Exchanges of Turkey Rifat Hisarciklioglu said at a meeting
with Russia’s First Deputy Minister of Economic Development Alexey
Likhachyov that Turkish government was expecting the official visit by
the Russian President to take place in the beginning of October.

"It is a great pleasure for us and we are looking forward to Russian
President Vladimir Putin’s official visit to our country, anticipated
for the beginning of October. We expect that during this visit, major
projects such as the Turkish Stream and a decision on lifting some
restrictions imposed on Turkish businessmen in Russia, will be
discussed" Hisarciklioglu said.

Baku – APA. Russian President Vladimir Putin
will pay a visit to Turkey on Oct. 11, marking his first visit to the
country after relations between Ankara and Moscow were put back on track
following a crisis last year, Kanal 24 has reported.The Russian president is scheduled to visit Istanbul on Oct. 11, the channel said.

By the way.... Locally, speaking. The squirrels are getting their winter fur!! Saw a fox yesterday and it too was looking much fluffier then when I had last seen one mid summer- It's may just be an early winter here in southern Ontario.

A concrete wall
being built to stop illegal crossings along the length of Turkey's
900-km (560-mile) border with Syria will be finished by the end of
February, an official at a Turkish state institution with knowledge of
the project said on Wednesday.

Construction on a border wall to combat smuggling and illegal migration started as early as 2014.

The
official declined to give an estimate for the cost of construction. But
the mass circulation Hurriyet newspaper said that including a road for
military patrols planned alongside it, the wall was expected to cost 2
billion lira (£515.4 million).
Made up of seven-tonne portable blocks topped
with razor wire, the wall will be three metres (10 feet) high and two
metres (6.5 feet) wide. The official said private companies would be
hired once construction tenders were completed.

Hurriyet
cited the head of TOKI as saying that 200-250 concrete blocks were
currently being produced daily at five work sites, and that the latest
construction work had begun around 20 days ago.New
watchtowers on roads patrolled by armoured vehicles have already been
erected along the border this year as part of increased security
measures.

ANKARA (Reuters) - U.S.
officials have told their Turkish counterparts they will respond within a
couple of days to Turkey's demand to arrest Muslim cleric Fethullah
Gulen, blamed for a bloody coup attempt, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag
said on Wednesday.

Within a couple of days? So, early October? Timing?

Turkey wants the United States to extradite Gulen, who resides
in Pennsylvania, and prosecute him on charges he masterminded the
attempt to overthrow the government on July 15. The 75-year-old preacher
denies any involvement. Bozdag was speaking to NTV channel in an
interview broadcast live.

Washington has said it is cooperating with Ankara on the matter
and asked its NATO ally for patience as it processes the extradition
request for Gulen to meet U.S. legal requirements.

Will the extradition request meet US legal requirements? What ever those may be?

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

SAA Ground Offensive Begins
News Round Up...........
I will be updating as new info becomes available or asap!G & M

Tuesday’s assault saw pro-government forces, which include the Syrian
army and allied militia from Iran, Iraq and Lebanon, attempt to attack
Aleppo’s Old City near its historic citadel, as well as around several
of the city’s major access points.
Troops advanced from the
countryside to the north and south, rebels said, leading to intense
clashes. The military and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a
Britain-based war monitoring group, said the army had made some gains,
but this was disputed by rebels who said they had held them off.
Senior combatants on both sides said pro-government forces were massing in several parts of Aleppo

The commander of an Iraqi Shi’ite militia fighting in support of
Assad told Reuters a large force spearheaded by the army’s elite “Nimr”,
or Tiger, forces had started to move in armoured vehicles and tanks for
an attack on rebel-held areas.
Quelling the uprising in the city
would give Assad his biggest victory yet of the war and deliver a
powerful blow to his enemies.

State television reported that the army had retaken al-Farafra district
in Aleppo’s Old City and engineering units were clearing mines in the
area.

Syrian state TV said on Tuesday that troops captured Farafra
district, near Aleppo's famous citadel, and fighting was under way near
the historic core of the northern city.

In the district of Handarat, north of Aleppo, government forces also advanced against the rebels, he said.
Government fighter jets backed by Russia's air force also continued to target the city and its outskirts.

Nothing worth reading there. Total shite, typical of the Gaurdian. White helmets trash & spin. No real info on the offensive. Included as an example of spin. And obfuscation. Entirely written from the perspective of NATO backed terrorists.

ALEPPO, SYRIA (1:40 P.M.) - The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), alongside
Hezbollah and Kataebat Al-Ba'ath, launched a massive offensive in east
Aleppo today, storming the jihadist defenses from four different axes
near the Old Aleppo Quarter.
Led by the 102nd Brigade of the Republican Guard, the Syrian Arab
Army and their allies attacked Fatah Halab's positions inside the
Farafeera District, capturing several building blocks after an intense
battle this morning.
Meanwhile, at the Old Aleppo Quarter, the Syrian Arab Army and their
allies made a big push from the Aleppo Citadel area towards the Bab
Al-Nayrab District; this resulted in fierce firefights that are still
ongoing at the moment.

The
Syrian Army's assault this morning is targeting the condensed
neighborhoods that are located at the eastern fringes of the Aleppo
Citadel; this area has long been a thorn in the government's side
because of the constant attacks launched by the Fatah Halab militants.

His post covers much ground and is worth reading entirely, however, I'm only going to post one section of it here. Why? Because the excerpt below relates to the destabilization and remake of the middle east and asia which is a core topic here! It addresses, in a very rational and level headed fashion, the relations between Turkey/ Russia/US. Also addressing Armenia/Azerbaijan& Nagorno Karabakh: Nagorno Karabakh or Why I'm ignoring the Panama Papers.

I'll have some commentary of my own, of course.Arevordi:

"Turkey coup may foster better Russo-Turkish relations

Merely two days before the assault on the Armenian police compound in Yerevan, Turkey was itself embroiled in what also seemed to be a Western sponsored armedrebellion.
Thousands of soldiers led by rebellious military officers attempted to
overthrow their country's strongman. The coup attempt ultimately proved a
failure and Recep Erdoğan has been using it as an excuse to further clamp down on
his opposition and further extend his power throughout the country"

To my understanding many changes have not yet come to fruition, however some have.

"Under
Erdoğan's long rule Turkey had grown more wealthy, more powerful,
more independent and more Islamic. Turkey's rise as an independent
power in particular was a source of concern for Western powers. From a
Western perspective, Turkey had all of a sudden become unpredictable and
belligerent. The world saw the first indication of Ankara's
independence and belligerence back in 2003 when Turkey, an influential
NATO member, refused to allow US forces to use Turkish territory to
invade Iraq. Problems also inevitably began rising between Ankara and
Tel Aviv as Erdoğan's increasingly Islamic oriented government began getting more involved in Palestine's liberation struggle. Turkey's makeover under Erdoğan was
obviously an alarming development for Western powers who had since the
Second World War established very close ties with the country's
military, political and economic elite. This concern may have been one
of the reasons why Western
and Israeli intelligence agencies began backing Kurdish autonomy in
northern Iraq against Ankara's expressed wishes. As such, relations between Western powers and Turkey gradually grew frigid in recent years. Interestingly, as Ankara grew colder towards the West, its relations with Russia grew increasingly warm.
Although Moscow and Ankara had strong disagreements over Syria and
Nagorno Karabakh, Russian-Turkish relations were continuing to register
unprecedented advances. Then, quite unexpectedly, Turkish forces ambushed and shot-down a Russian warplane over Syria last November. Turkey and Russia all of a sudden found themselves on the edge of war"

Turkey's growing wealth and prosperity has been discussed here previously- enviable gdp- hence the financial warfare being waged against it-Waging Financial Warfare Against Turkey- Downgraded to Junk Status The refusal to allow US forces to station on Turkish territory in 03 has also been broached here, the Turkish state leadership saw the future and it was not rosy."This concern may have been one
of the reasons why Western
and Israeli intelligence agencies began backing Kurdish autonomy in
northern Iraq against Ankara's expressed wishes"As I've stated repeatedly here- the Kurds are a proxy force of NATO/US/Israel- They have functioned as a "stay behind army" for all intents and purposes for decades, keeping Turkey off balance. Backing kurdish autonomy, going so far as creating greater Kurdistan is an intentional attempt to finally, completely weaken Turkey.The shootdown of the Russian fighter jet, was neither in Turkish nor Russian interests, which is why I contended from the outset the shootdown was undertaken by NATO occupied Turkish forces and curiously Prime Minister Davotoglu- amazingly, took immediate responsibility to solidify the 'blame Turkey' narrative.

"It
is now becoming increasingly apparent that the downing of the Russian
warplane by Turkish warplanes was planned by forces within Turkey that
were opposed to Erdoğan's government. The working theory is that there were interests inside Turkey that wanted Erdoğan
and Putin to go to war against each other. As we saw, Putin did taken
the bait. Moscow took the heavy hit but it did not reply in kind.
Instead, Moscow began implementing a series of punitive measures.
Damaging sanctions against Turkey were introduced and Kurdish
separatists inside Turkey were given more advanced arms and seemed to
have been encouraged to intensify their military operations on Turkish
territory. By early 2016, Turkey was hurting badly as south-eastern
parts of the country had essentially become a war zone and several of
its cities began getting hit by terror bombings. By the spring of 2016, Ankara
was suffering serious military losses against Kurdish separatists inside Turkey and its political agenda inside Syria had been thoroughly defeated. Compounding
these already very serious problems was the drastic drop in tourism in
Turkey and billions of dollars in revenue losses. Ankara was growing
increasingly desperate.

"The
closer Turkey moves towards Russia, the harder will
Anglo-American-Jewish interests pull Turkey from the opposite direction.Turkey will be torn apart in the process. But I have little hope that
such a thing will happen. Erdoğan's government will not last forever
and whoever comes after it will mostly likely go back to kissing Western
asses."

This pulling in two powerful directions contributes to the why of Turkey's split personality- It should be understood that Turkey is walking the razor's edge. That is how I see it.

It should not have surprised us that Turkey experienced a coup d'état on July 15. In the opinion of many, the attempted
coup by military units in the Turkish armed forces was a desperate
attempt at stopping Erdoğan's rapprochement with Russia.In the
days leading to the military coup, we were seeing the following
kinds of articles. Pay particular attention to the pre-coup July 15
article about Alexander Dugin's trip to Turkey -

Ankara
was clearly signalling a new political direction in the weeks leading
up to the coup. The direction in question was unmistakably oriented
towards Russia.Ankara was even signaling its willingness to negotiate with Bashar Assad, angering Turkish-backed rebel groups in Syria. This must have greatly agitated Uncle Sam, as well as Jews.Therefore, more pressure was to be put on Ankara. This may have been the reason behind series of ISIS attacks against civilian and military targets inside Turkey. This may have also been the reason behind the Bundestag's recognition of the Armenian Genocide and Davutoglu's sudden departure. Through it
all, a
chorus of complaints about Erdoğan's "dictatorial" government could be heard throughout the Western press.
But Erdoğan
remained unfazed and stubbornly pressed ahead with his plans. Which in
my opinion made a Western-backed military coup inevitable. From the West's perspective: If the coup succeeded and Erdoğan was toppled, it would be wonderful. If the coup did not succeed, it
would at least send Erdoğan a stark warning. Time will tell what lasting impact,
if any, the failed coup will have on Erdoğan's government.

What we saw in Turkey recently was nevertheless an
effort to stop Erdoğan's government from drifting the country too far
away from Western interests. Predictably, Turkey is being torn apart to some degree
in the process, and it can get even worst. Erdoğan was crazy enough to think that Turkey, being in the Western orbit, could operate independently and assertively; Erdoğan
was crazy enough to think he could antagonize
Anglo-American-Jews and still try to fix relations with Russia. Serious
cracks are now appearing between Ankara and Western powers. Naturally,
Russia wants
to fill the void.Moscow will try but it will not
ultimately succeed in pulling Turkey out of the Western orbit, at least
not in one piece. I say this because Turkey is too deeply involved with
the Anglo-American-Jewish world to survive a total divorce. Therefore,
if Erdoğan does not give into Western demands, he will risk having his
country torn apart. Which is why I want to see Erdoğan continue his
agenda. which is why I want to see Moscow continue trying to pull Ankara
out of the Western orbit.

Nevertheless a
reminder for Armenians who get hopeful about Western powers abandoning
Turkey: The nation of Turkey continues to be very valuable for
Anglo-American-Jews because Turkey is a strategic buffer against
Russians, Iranians and Arabs.The Western world's problem is not with Turkey but with Erdoğan's government. The Anglo-American-Jewish
alliance simply does not like Erdoğan's increasingly independent and belligerent attitude. Western powers will do what they can to oust Erdoğan but they will NEVER abandon Turkey.

In a sense, military coup was a Western effort to maintain some degree
of control over the country or at the very least weaken Erdoğan's government. It was essentially a show-of-force by the CIA. By having thousands of soldiers inside Turkey take up arms against their
leader Uncle Sam sent a message to Erdoğan. The recent rash of terror
bombings in Turkey had sent a similar message but that apparently was
not enough to scare Erdoğan. Nevertheless,
Armenians better not get too excited or too optimistic. Western powers
will never abandon Turkey. Besides, the Western-backed military and business elite in Turkey
is not a lesser enemy to Armenia.

That said, Turkey can
indeed suffer a lot of damage in the current geopolitical climate. The
on-going tug-of-war over Turkey between Western powers and Russia has
the potential of tearing the country apart.Facing
terror bombings and now a bloody military insurrection, Erdoğan now has a
choice to make: He can either continue trying to take Turkey further
away from Western influence and risk having Turkey be pulled apart in
the process or he can swallow his Anatolian pride and be pragmatic and
accept his subservience to the Anglo-American-Jewish alliance. The
next few months will reveal his choice. How he reacts to recent developments in Turkey will
reveal what direction he wants Turkey to go. However, regardless of what Erdoğan does going forward, Turkey is now a broken
nation. Serious fissures are appearing throughout Turkish society. There
are now serious problems between the country's Kurds, secular/western
leaning Turks, conservative/nationalistic Turks and Islamist Turks. The
nation of Turkey is gravely ill and the rift between Erdoğan's
government and the West is now very deep.

That said, Turkey has become an independent player in the region, a wildcard,
especially now that Erdoğan's government has defeated the coup.
Unlike
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's game nearly one hundred years ago, when he
fooled the Bolsheviks into thinking he was contemplating an alliance
with them, Ankara's current desire to break out of the Western orbit and
enter into a closer friendship with Russia is very genuine. Those who planned the ambush of the Russian warplane last
November wanted to embroil Erdoğan and Putin into a shooting war thereby derailing Russia's war effort in Syria and ruining Ankara's prospect of fostering better relations with Moscow. Putin
did not take the bait. For his part, Erdoğan
began efforts to fix the
problem by reaching out to Russia using back channels. Disagreements
between Moscow and Ankara over Syria's faith also seem to have been resolved.
Turkey will therefore play a lesser
political role in the conflict. All in all, Turkey may have
finally begun its journey away from Western powers. We can all be rest
assured that it will be a
perilous journey. As I said, the country runs the risk of begin torn
apart because Western powers still control a lot of assets inside the
country and also because the West will react by giving Kurds more
power. Turkey therefore runs the risk of begin torn apart if it
indeed breaks its ties with Western powers.It's beginning to seem like Erdoğan's government is willing to take that chance.

In
the big
picture, this all is a good development for Armenia because Turkey's
problems with Western powers can have one of two outcomes. 1)
Turkey may become a weaker nation with serious internal and external
problems. 2) Turkey and Russia will enter into a close alliance.
Needless
to say, a weaker Turkey is fully in Armenia's interests but such a situation runs the risk
of creating major volatility on Armenia's western border. Good
Russian-Turkish relations can also be in Armenia's interests, as it will
pacify the situation in the south Caucasus, which will in turn boost the
region's economy. Good relations between Moscow and Ankara should
therefore not scare Armenians. Russia may lose Armenia in a major battle but it will never willingly give up or"sell" Armenia to Turksor anyone else for that matter.
Regardless of its agendavis–à–vis Turkey, Russia will always see Armenia as its single greatest ally in the south Caucasus. Moreover, regardless of its relations with Turkey, Moscow will continue basing troops on
Armenia's borders with Turkey and it will continue recognizing the
Armenian Genocide. Good Russian-Turkish relations simply means good regional
economic
cooperation and less military tension, both of which are fully in Armenia's long-term interests. More importantly, good
Russian-Turkish relations means the expulsion of Western troublemakers
from the region, which is in the benefit of all regional peoples.

Presentation of the Turkish situation as simplistic rather then multi faceted does a great disservice to the reality of the situation. I see too many alt media types engaging in this. It's deceptive.

Think about this?

War is .....

...THE CONTINUATION OF STATE POLICY, BY OTHER MEANS

.......A POLITICAL ACTIVITY IN WHICH VIOLENCE IS USED TO BEND THE WILL OF YOUR ENEMY TO THAT OF YOUR OWN

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